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10-29-2018, 01:54 PM

Yeah I had been keeping an eye out for a 5.9 or really any nice V8 ZJ for quite some time. Actually had bought two others in the last 5-6 years that I ended up selling, but this niner is a keeper. Or just sell it for 2-3x what I paid for it lol.

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11-03-2018, 07:33 PM

Well I managed to both fix it and break it today. Took the ps pump back to O'Reilly to try another one out. In the process of pressing the new pulley on I somehow managed to break a little cap off the back of the pump that helps seal the actual shaft of the pump. Best I can tell I put so much pressure on the shaft it pushed itself out the back of the pump. Oops. Figured since I already had the pulley on it I might as well try to slap it on and see if the pump was actually the problem. Turns out it was, but still is lol. Now to go get another pump and hope that I get a good one this time.

He's asking what I paid for mine, with 60k more miles, rust, and what's probably not just a blown head gasket. It'd be fun to find one somewhere, fly out there and drive it back like they do with stuff on Roadkill.

He's asking what I paid for mine, with 60k more miles, rust, and what's probably not just a blown head gasket. It'd be fun to find one somewhere, fly out there and drive it back like they do with stuff on Roadkill.

Did that with my BMW (St. Louis, MO to Harrisburg, PA) and did that in Westfalia Eurovan a buddy bought (South Dakota to central PA). Its a good time, great to see parts of the country you haven't seen, etc. Definitely something I recommend if you can swing it. With the hard to find nature of a 5.9 Limited it's a good candidate. Though not that one in Pittsburgh.

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11-08-2018, 02:33 PM

There is some "truth" in the classic thing. I also have a 92 GMC Typhoon, and those are definitely seeing an increase in value as a lot of 80's/90's kids grow up and have disposable income to throw at the cars of our youth. Much like the classics of the 60's and early 70's skyrocketed in value as the Boomers got older. 5.9's should definitely hold their value and be worth more than any other comparable condition ZJ, but they really aren't THAT rare and people are still asking a lot for them. I bought my Typhoon 3 years ago with 122k on it for a little over $8,000 and had to search out of state to find one. It was certainly in worse shape than my 5.9 too. A really clean Sy/Ty with low miles can easily fetch $20k or more these days.

They are also much more of a specialty/collector vehicle. My 2003 BMW 325i wagon is one of less than 3000 built for the US market throughout the model run (2000-2005) with rwd and a manual transmission, but do to it's current age and market, it is still depreciating. I paid a premium for it and traveled out of state for it, as I was searching for something very specific that's hard to find in an area that sees winters and awd rules.

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11-08-2018, 05:02 PM

Oh for sure, no argument there, the Typhoon is one of less than 5,000 and at 25 years old a lot of them are thrashed. Or worse, LS swapped. The 5.9 has some collector value to it to hardcore Jeep-heads, especially ZJ guys, but not nearly enough to justify some of these prices.

If I came across one in decent condition for a fair price, I'd totally fly out to get it... I don't mind the usual maintenance stuff, and even patching in some rust sections in the usual sections we're all aware of, but I don't want to do a motor swap or head gasket. THey really are so hard to find in decent condition. I miss mine, that was a freak accident that killed it (parking pin failed and it ran itself down my property into a tree.)

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11-10-2018, 11:30 AM

I wouldn't fly somewhere to get one that needed a head gasket as I wouldn't trust it for the drove back. But if it was local and the price was right and I trusted the diagnosis I'd be good with it. Lots of other stuff can be addressed going in that far that is prone to problems like the plenum gasket.

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11-16-2018, 05:14 PM

The 5.9 is going to grow up a bit tomorrow. It needs new shocks and tires, so I'm going to throw a BB on it to give it a little better stance while I'm at it. I'm going to go with 245/75R16 Hankook DynaPro ATM RF10's. They're only $118 a tire and I had them on my F250 and they performed great as a DD/snow tire.

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Today, 04:18 PM

Weird, I've never had a problem with them. Although I've always put them back in with the springs out, much easier that way. Maybe try warming it up a bit too? Not like a torch, but put it in some hot water or something?

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